30 June 2025 — ISTQB® has published version 2.1 of the Certified Tester Automotive Software Tester (CT-AuT) syllabus, together with an updated set of sample-exam questions and answers.
Version 2.1 is a focused, incremental update of the 2018 v2.0 syllabus. It synchronises CT-AuT with the new ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level Syllabus v4.0 and the latest ISTQB® Glossary, while also folding in today’s most relevant automotive-software standards.
Horst Pohlmann, ISTQB® Product Owner for CT-AuT, explained:
“Keeping CT-AuT fully aligned with CTFL-4.0, the latest ISTQB® Glossary and the newest releases of Automotive SPICE and ISO 26262 was essential to maintain consistency and industry relevance. It supports all professionals involved in automotive software development to enhance their skills through clearer, more applicable examples and test techniques, update to current ISO/ISTQB terminology and practices, practical grounding in system-level testing, diagnostic validation, and test environment selection.”
Detailed release notes can be found in Appendix C of the syllabus. Both the updated syllabus and the sample-exam package are available for free download here.
About Automotive Software Testing
The CT-AuT certification is aimed at anyone involved in software testing within the automotive domain — testers, analysts, engineers, consultants, test managers, release testers and software developers. It is also valuable for project managers, quality managers, software-development managers, system/business analysts, IT managers and management consultants who need a solid grounding in automotive software testing.
Prerequisite: Candidates must hold the ISTQB® Certified Tester Foundation Level (CTFL) certificate to sit the CT-AuT exam.